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Lepidophyma jasonjonesi GRÜNWALD, REYES-VELASCO, AHUMADA-CARRILLO, MONTAÑO-RUVALCABA FRANZ-CHÁVEZ, LA FOREST, RAMÍREZ-CHAPARRO, TERÁN-JUÁREZ & BORJA-JIMÉNEZ, 2023

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Higher TaxaXantusiidae (Lepidophyminae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Jones’ Night Lizard
Spanish: Lagartija Nocturna de Jones 
SynonymLepidophyma jasonjonesi GRÜNWALD, REYES-VELASCO, AHUMADA-CARRILLO, MONTAÑO-RUVALCABA FRANZ-CHÁVEZ, LA FOREST, RAMÍREZ-CHAPARRO, TERÁN-JUÁREZ & BORJA-JIMÉNEZ 2023
Lepidophyma jasonjonesi — GRÜNWALD et al. 2023 
DistributionMexico (Tamaulipas)

Type locality: 28 km NNE of Jaumave, on Federal Highway 101 to Ciudad Victoria, Municipio de Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico (23.617489, -99.285573, 1,005 m a.s.l.; datum = WGS84  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype (Fig. 2). INIRENA 2817 (Original field number CIG-0969). Adult male collected in a rock crevice near a small seep (Fig. 3), by Jason M. Jones and Ivan Ahumada-Carrillo on 26 July 2016.
Paratypes (Fig. 4). INIRENA 2818 (Original field number CIG-0970). Adult male, with the same collection data as the Holotype. 
Diagnosis 
CommentDistribution: See map in Grünwald et al. 2023: 18 (Fig. 7). 
EtymologyNamed in honour of Jason Michael Jones, American-Mexican herpetologist and savvy field collector, who has always shared a profound interest for members of the family Xantusiidae and who collected the type series of the new species. 
References
  • Bezy, R. 2024. Photos of Type Specimens of Lepidophyma (Reptilia: Squamata: Xantusiidae) ResearchGate - get paper here
  • Grünwald CI, Reyes-Velasco J, Ahumada-Carrillo IT, Montaño-Ruvalcaba C, Franz-Chávez H, La Forest BT, Ramírez-Chaparro R, Terán-Juárez S, Borja-Jiménez JM 2023. A new species of saxicolous Lepidophyma (Squamata, Xantusiidae) from Tamaulipas, Mexico. Herpetozoa 36: 9-21 - get paper here
 
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